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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-03-16

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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
FAREN ELL TO THE Old EAR.

Farewell, old year, we walk no more to-
gether
| catch the sweetness of thy latest sigh
And, crowned with yellow brake and with
cred heather,
see thee stand beneath this cloudy sky.
Here in the dim light of IA gray December,
We part in smiles, and yet we met in tears:
Watching thy chilly dawn | well remember
| thought thee saddest born of all the
years.
l knew not then what precious gifts were
hidden
Under the mist that yelled thy path from
sight;
| knew not then that JOY would come un-
biddcu
To make thy closing hours ,livinely bright.
| only saw the dreary clouds unbroken,
| only heard the plash of icy rain,
And in that winter gloom | found no token
Oh, dear old year, 1 wronged Fathers
kindness,
l would not trust Him with my load of
care;
I stumbled on in weariness and blindness,
And, 10. He blessed me with an answer to
prayer.
Goodbye, kind year, we walk no more to-
gether,
But here in quiet happiness we part;
And from thy wreath of faded fern and
heather
take some sprays, and wear them on my
heart.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
For the STATE CHRONICLE I
THE ANGEL IN TIRE WE'LL.

E& 3AMES CHESTER ROCKWELL.
Gne summer day | came to draw
\ drink of water from the WELL
w hen, playing in the yard, | saw
My darling little sweetheart Nell.
Within my arms l clasped my love
All, how her eyes began to glow
And held her dainty form above
The liquid mirror down below.
All fair and cloudiess We're the skies,
The water clear beneath her eyes;
And leaning er she said, Il see
An Angel looking up al me-
Sweet childish fancy, yet how true
II is the image, Nell of you:
And well | think no che rubs face
Can show a SWeeter, purer grace.
Q God forbid chat bitter tears
Should drown the smile that ling now
Nor let the mark OF cruel cares
Be craven on that tender brow
Guide her dear feet along the path
OF purity and perfect peace:
Shield her from every storm of wrath,
And bid the winds of SORROW cease.
Sweet Nell, when years begin to wane
And you are older wiser grown.
God grant you may come back again,
And find tac AGgti has not flown.
And when your sun is sinking low
Behind the mountains of the west,
And voices summons you to so
Into the land OF endless Rest
When you arise and soar away,
Perhaps the Angel will not stay:
And when You stand before the Throne,
Tho Angels face viii be your own.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
Wit of LitteTateurS.

The following is from Professor Long
fellows private journal under date Of
January >, 1888
Lowell gave supper to Thackeray. The
other guests were FELTON,, Clough, Dana,
DR.. Parsons Dante's translator), Fields,
Edmund Quincy, Estes and myself. We
sat down at ten, and did not leave the
table till one-very gay with stories and
jokes.
"Will you take some port said Lowell
to Thackeray.
81 dare drink anything that becomes
man."
1T will be long time before that be-
comes man"
''Oh no. cried FELTON,; sit is fast turn
ing into one"
As we were going away Thackeray said,
''We have staid too long"
II should say" replied the host, lone
long and two short-a dactylic supper"
Editors Drawer, in Harpers Magazine
| for January.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29

Let the number of United States commits
sioners and deputy marshals be reduced,
and let them both be put upon a salary
The fee system is the pfolllic source Of
nine-tenths Of the crying evils of the ad
ministratiOn of the internal revenue laws
in North Carolina. Real criminals can be
brought to justice without the daily
patrOlling of every country lane and noun
tain cove in search of case. The laws
can be executed by the deputy collectors
with the occasional mot too frequenD aid
of an internal revenue agent, and lnob-
jectionable assistants.
There is no pretence of novelty in any
of these suggestions, and they are only
brought together to show how much can
be done to remove the burdens Of the il
ternal revenue laws, even if the tax on
whiskey remains. Our admirable dtlega-
ton, by thoroughly combined effort, in
the present closely divided House are III
a position to demand and secure att>n' ion
to their views.
These reductions If internal rr>ruuc
taxation Will not be large enough u inter
feIe with the reform in the duties upon
imports imperatively demanded ~ lht
country and 50 vigorously presented hy
the President. If the duty on su-,tr l.
retained (aud this will undoubtedly hc tn,
Republican point Of attack, there ; No
reason why substantial and necessary tar
if reductions cannot be accomplished alo.
with the alienation of the hardshlns 81
the excise laws.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE Ni.Gi:ti
VOTE THE so; I'll.
From New York Times. !

Most candid men botn North and south
are forced to admit that much ha~ been
done to counteract the effect OF the negro
vote where il Is large enough maj trial!y
TO affect results The original reason for
this is to be found in the dep,orabIe con
sequences that followed upon the eufran-
chlsement of the colored race tnpr"partd
to exercise intelhgently or cons cientiou>jy '
their newly acquired rights. The negroes
fell under the leadership Of uusyrul lutoIs
men and were arrayed against the rcef !r
who had the largest interest IN the good
order and good government Of the recon
structed States The result was incapac
ity. extravaganza aud frauG in public
affairs, aud burlesque on good govern
mcnt The native Southern people, who
felt that they had the right TO control af-
fairs in their own States, saw no salvation
for their public or private interests except
in overcoming the power which was thrust
upon them. 1t could not be done by per
suasion, and they were prepare d to coun
tenanCe almost any means by which 1t
cOuttl Dt zone Even the L tQtIdt I)ONt tI
intrenched in the Reconstruction Acts
could not prevent the violence aud the
outrages by which the control of three
States was recovered by the mt n who paid
the taxes and ho had the intelligence and
character to maintain decent government.
The North soon admitted that Federal
interference to sustain State governments
which rested on the ignorant negro vote
and were managed mainly by greedy and
unscrupulous adventurers could not be
maintained. Public opinion Withdrew all
support, and nearly dozen years ago the
whole fabric went TO pieces. BY one means
and another the negro vote was to IA large
extent suppressed, and there is no ques
tion that in several States it has since been
Kept down 50 far as Was necessary to en-
able the native SOutherners, who owned
| property, who paid taxes, and who con
tro!Ied intelligent public sentiment in THEN
States, to direct the management Of their
| public interests.
! This is :, fact which no canIji South
ern man can deny, ami which most South
ern men viii privately admit and 'icfcud
! On the other hand. most candid NorfhcrI
! men viii admit that. given the same sij't
alton in any Northern State, the resli
wonld have been he same. This is n,
truth of the history of the past twelN,
months. Observation-Disclosures. .....
The Republican party abandons il
chance of making gains III the South ans
loses still more of its suppOrtl IN the Nnrti
every time it insists anew upon lis az, IN.
attitude. The country is weary Of th
long contest and wishes to see both par
ties national in spirit and in pur 'oSe
There are electoral wrongs in the Soutner
States. They have been diminished stead
ily for years and the process will 90 on
TO new anita eonism is excited Negr
suffrage presents problems and dit1icultie
iu those States which cannot be settled a
once, but they can only be settled at a
by the people Of the States in which The
exist.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
OTHER PEOPLES OPINIONS
ABOUT SOME QUESTIONS Upon
WHICH MEN DIFFER.

How Can the Internal Taxes be Les
sened,--The Negro Vote in the South--
The Stage, &c.
THE Board of County Commissioners of
Halifax county did an exceedingly sensi-
bic thing the other day. They passed an
order directing the Register of Deeds to
issue no order for money to persons who
have not paid their taxes and also direct
ing the sheriff not to pay any per diem to
Jurors who were in arrears for taxes
Wilson Advance.
| like the stage because the greatest
man that ever touched this grain Of sand
that YOU call the world wrote for the stage,
and poured out very Mississippi of phi
losophy, and pathos, and humor and every
thing calculated to raise and ennoble the
human race. Applause | like to see
the stage honored because actors are the
ministers, the apostles of the greatest man
that ever lived, and because they put flesh
and blood and passion upon the greatest
character that the greatest man drew
ECol. Ingersol.
THE theatre and drama had a highly re
spectacle origin. Their parentage was
Grecian. The tragedy of the Greeks was
dignified and noble, and originally po5s
essed a certain religious significance.
Among the Romans the dramatic art be
came disreputable, and for many centuries
there has been a recognized hostility be
tween the church and the theatre. There
are those who hold that the drama can be,
and that as a popular educator should be,
restored to its pristine purity and intlu
ence; that this can be done only by educa-
ting the public taste, and that II Is, there
fore the duty of men of high character to
give their patronage. But the rise of the
press prevents the theatre from regaining
its ancient dignity or pleading its ancient
justification. The press has decidedly and
permanently narrowed the scope of the
stage. Among the Greeks the drama was
largely, if not chiefly. addressed to the in
tellcct; but the press has forever suppressed
ed the stage as a means of communicating
thought, and the latter is compelled to
address itself to the feelings. lis supreme
object IS 10 present a spectacle. The dra-
ma, whether high or low, aims at scenic
effects. Rev. Josiah Strong, d. D., au-
thor of ..Our Country
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
4 Joke of Vamce's.
I From n. Y. Tribune

II ioiIi ~ l. IliDulit.J
Senator George of Mississippi, is one OF
the most bow. legged men in Congress,
and by the way, there are great many
of them. II is one Of the traditions Of the
country where he comes from that his
trousers are cut with circular saw. The
result is that these garments are usually
conspicuous for baggy appearance where
they are widest. Senator Vance called
the attention of a group of his colleagues
standing in the lobby Of his hotel to this
interesting phenomenon and then remark
ed: 81 never get a rear view of my old
friend George without thinking of the
story of an old arheel down in North
Carolina who went to a circus for the first
time in his life. After that memorable
event he was sitting around the tavern
fire one evening relating his experience to
a group Of his cronies and regarding them
with an air Of superiority, under which
they were meekly inquisitiye. One of
them timidly asked: did you see the bar
at the circus, Uncle Zeke: Did you see
the barH 'Yaas,' responded the old man
solemnly, | done seen the bar What
sort of a bar was it, Uncle Zeke! 'Waal,
! never done seen a bar afOre, but | low
that it mOught be q right smart Of Il bar
Did you see the lion.' What sort of
lion was it, Uncle Iekes' Wal, ! never
done seen non alore, but ! low 1t mought
be right smart Of a lion Did you see
the camel, Uncle Zeke! 'Yaas, | done
seen the camel. What sort of camel
was it. Uncle Zeke? WAL, never done
seen IL camel afore, but / low that it
mought be right smart of camel
Did you see the elephant, Uncle ZekeH
'Iaas, | done seen the elephant What
sort of an elephant was itH 'Waal, l
never done seen an elephant afore, an
low that it mought be right smart OF an
elephant; but it 'peared to me like as if he
had heap O slack leather about his
pants.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
W no is the Meanest Man4
From Statesville Lar lmark.

IT iOul oidltSNlllc lAdit !Ill;trk.
1t is not worth while to call his name,
but until Chatham is heard from Iredell
claims him. a correspondent at Moores-
vile writes us over his own name detailing
the incident and asking that the commun
ication be published with his name attach
ed. Instead of that, we state the case
from the facts furnished by our CORE
sp0ndent, without mentioning any names.
The individual IN question not long ago
met his preacher on the street and asked
him if he would not like 10 have fine
'air of boots or shoes to wear to Confer
ence. OF course the good preacher told
him yes, and they went to the shoe shop
and the shoe maker took the preachers
measure. The generous parishioner then
secured a certificate of good character
from his grateful shepherd, and returning
later to the shoe shop countermanded his
order
MoRAL.-A certificate in the hand is
worth two pairs of shoes in the bush.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
POsSi II AND TaTERS.
Dish of Di2cstabIe Nick->ack> for
New ems

: Dish of DiScstabIe Nick->ack> for
New ears.
Yellow weddings are tbor4ge. There
are yellow flowers, yellow dresses, yellow
''SiiS and everything jauudlced aud bill
l'"S except the bridegroom, who is blue.
Not long since "A minister was accused
OF preaching from the text, BE Ie There
lor breakfast" which was, of course. all
wrong, as the theme of his discourse was,
BE le Therefore Steadfast - Whining
ton Messenger
IF you had prayed as often as Won
tasted since you left Wilson. vou'd 'cr
been 'er mighty good Christian" said one
he9E" 10 another who had come back from
TRIP upon which he expected to make his
fortune Wilson Advance.
-Quitea number of our patrons have
promised to pay us i'll sweetpotatoes.
There is nothing we like better. When
you fetch EN- in, friends, be sure and
BRING roasting size, as that's the way we
IKE EN- best, with only a moderate sprink-
ling OF ashes. Wadesboro lntelligencer
The Narrow Guage is little, but it's
Loud" it blows, vigorously, for thirteen
road crossings while passing through town,
besides blowing for every chicken path,
or pig track that does not fail to escape
the VIgilant eye of the ever alert engineers
We think, If stray butterfly should start
across the track ii would be footed at
Newton Enterprise.
Not many months ago an old colored
man, near this place, named Bob Holmes.
married quite young woman, and some
days ago he came to town 10 get the sheriff
to catch his wife, who he said had run
away with a young colored man The
Hight OF his wife did not seem to trouble
the oId man as much as did the loss of So
and his 0vercoat, which he says his wife
carried off with her. Ii was right hard
on the old man, to steal his wife and over
coat too Chatham Record.
During the recent session of the Re
publican Convention in Raleigh an anx-
lous Republican Of Rockingham telegraph
ed as follows to delegate:
'HoW are things running.'
To which he received in reply:
''Rather badly. Devilish hard matter
to get drinks and we can't keep quorum
in the hall.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
SuperstitiOns Regarding New Years
Day.

In England there is a popular idea that
if an unmarried person trips accidentally
while going upstairs on Sew Years day,
that person will be married before the
year is out.
In Bulgaria it is believed that the child
born on New Years day will never have
to work for a living. Also, if any one,
while eating a New Years dinner, lets fall
piece of bread upon the floor, that per-
son will come to want before the end Of
the year
the grown people endeavor to have in their
dawning of that day to insure abundance
of money during the year.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29

ing that there ought to exist kindly and
fraternal feelings between employer and
employee. They also are an indication
that faithful labor is appreciated. Show
Us the employer who has the esteem and
love and confidence of those who work for
him, and we will show a man who is just
and honorable in his dealings with them.
During the Christmas holidays we have
noted nothing with more real pleasure
than the fact that Mr.. W. H. Williams,
President of the Cotton Mills at Newton,
ordered the mills closed from Saturday
till Wednesday, and, in the words of the
Newton Enterprise enlightened many
households by presenting each family with
a turkey for Christmas present. Three
holidays and a fine turkey
The CHRONICLE doesn't expect to hear of
''strlke" or a boycott at the Newton
Cotton Mills
THE VENERABLE Quaker poet j Ohm Green
leaf Whittier, has passed his eightieth
birthday He was from the people, sung
to the people, and about the people. Raised
a poor boy on poor farm he was early
Injured to hard labor. His poetry gives
evidence Of his knowledge Of the hard
WAYS and rugged walks of life. In his
old age he looks down from his high niche
IN the temple of fame, and is cheered by
/ the homage the world pays him. Among
| his earliest poems was one entitled, The
! Quaker OF the Olden Time. 1t is, in
some degree, description of himself and
it is one Of his best early poems. The fol
lowing is the poem:
! The Quaker of the olden time
How calm and firm and true.
+ Uu~potted by its wrong and crime
lie walked the dark earth through,
] The lust of power. the love OF gain,
The thousand lures OF sin
/ Around him, had no power to stain
The purity within
With that deep insight which detects
Al great things in the small,
1 And knows how each man life affects
The spiritual life of all,
He walked by faith and not by sight,
BY love and not by law;
The presence of the wrong or right
He rather felt than saw
He felt that wrong with, wrong partakes,
That nothing stands alone,
That whose gives the motive, makes
His brothers sin his own,
And, pauslng not for doubtful choice
OF evils great or small,
He listened TO that inward voice
Which called away from all
O spirit of shat early day
80 pure and strong and true,
Be with Us IN the narrow way
our faithful fathers knew,
| Give strength the evil 10 fOrSahe,
The cross of Truth to bear
| And love and reyerent fear TO make
Ill
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
I OUTS,
. Rockingham Rocket.

They have queer way of marrying
in Raleigh. The News and Observer tells
Us III Tuesdays Issue, that There is an
epidemic OF matrimony among the young
people of Raleigh. Five OF them will take
principal part in that interesting cere-
mony tomorrow Who does party five
take to be his welded spouse? and who
takes him! Down here, a!tho' there are
sometimes odd matches il matrimony,
there is never an odd number in matri-
mony Elizabeth City Economist.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
A Beautiful Gift.

Chicago Young Lady: @'Oh, Clara, papa
gave me such a beautiful piano for Christ
mas"
St. Louis Young Lady (enthusiastical-
ly: wasn't that lovely! DID you get it
in your stocking!'
Judge (some years hence)-The sentence
of the Court is that you be banished for
twenty years.
Anarchist-Thanks, Judge. l go NIT
de next steamer.
Judge-I have not finished, sir. You
are to be banished to prohibition State.
prisoner faints. y Omaha World
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29
Woman and Her Diseases

is the title of a large illustrated treatise,
by DR.. Z. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, sent
to any address for ten cents in stamps.
1t teaches successful self-treatment
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-12-29

ssIr Is MORE BLESSED to give than to re-
ceive," said St, Paul quoting from the
Master. That man who has not found THIS
true in his own experience is poor man
indeed. The Christmas Of 1887 has given
to many sweeter pleasure than they ever
before experienced in learning this truth.
Giving is to be commended not alone be-
cause it 'sblesses him that gives and him
that takes. but also because it is an ex
preston of belief IN the truth we are
brethren. ="
When gifts come from employer to en-
ployee they signify the verify of the teach
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-02-24
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Roth We're Cheated.

The Court Journal tells funny story, in
which two Russian Sblemen, and a favorite
Partisan actress played the principal parts.
Both of the Bayards were suitors for the lady's
smiles, and both seemed to be equally esteem
ed by her. In Russia a lock of hair Is consid-
cred signal pledge of the tender passion,
but few of the French theatrical dlvinitles are
endowed with profuse cheyeleures; Nile.
Alice glories in the possession of auburn ring
let's, and wouldn't part with one of them for
less than duchy. Her Russian admirers, the
Count de L. and the Baron de NJ, both hap
pened to have hair of the same goldfish hue as
that Of their mutual Dulcinea. Each begged
tress of her hair in exchange for lock Of
his own, to which the charming creature read
lily assented, and without touching single
tuft of her head cunnlngly managed to effect
an exchange of parcels by which each gentle
man received a curl of his rivals capilliaries.
The Count now wears the Baron's Eair next
his heart and the Baron sleeps with the
Counts scalplock under his pillow.